Can I move my lovebird to a different nest with her eggs, without risking the eggs?
I think you should be okay with moving the eggs into another cage and also get one large enough to accommodate a nestbox (for next time around). If she laid the eggs on the floor of the cage, I would put them on the floor of the new cage, not into a nest at this time. She may not go into the nest if she has never seen one before. It is certainly possible for her to incubate at raise the chicks on the floor of the cage, as long as she is given lots of paper or pine shavings to concoct her own little nesting area. But as another person mentioned - good luck when trying to get near those eggs! Go into the cage with caution and with a facecloth-sized towel to protect your hands and pick her up. DO NOT use gloves if at all possible because this will only make her and the male more afraid of hands in the future because the gloves will appear larger and more menacing than simply throwing a light small towel over them and picking them up that way. Have your new cage all ready and I would suggest putting the parents in the new cage and move the eggs into the new cage immediately after (and in the same corner where she laid the eggs in the old cage). Again, I would suggest doing it with a towel so as to save your skin from the possible meat grinder! Oh, and BY THE WAY, birds have little or no sense of smell and will not kill the babies or eggs if they see you pick them up. That is an old wive's tale.
My lovebirds just hatched a baby. It is 1 day old. What do I feed it? I want to make sure it lives this time.?
Please help before it dies. They have had babies before but they never survive. I need to hand feed this baby in order for it to have a chance at survival. What do I feed it?
Can baby birds survive without their mothers?
The answer is yes and no.Its depend on the type of bird and the person who is taking care of it.For example, over the years, my brother and sister have raised so many baby parrots. They lived in the nest in the roof of my old home and most of the time, baby parrots walk away and fall down. They fall down from the height of 20 feet and still survives.Later my brother and sister would take care of it and feed them. they grow old and was released too. one was eaten by a cat while he was young, one was eaten by ants, one was kidnapped by my neighbor when we trying to teach that bird how to fly and they came to us and ask for the birdcage, stupid people.My family is against caging any birds, so we have to release them. After all of those birds, I never had a chance to get my own baby birds, but that wish also fulfilled, tragically.One baby bird falls down from its nest to my balcony and I take care of it. it was so small that it was not moving much and eating much. I feed her bits and pieces every 2 hours. I make sure no cats or ant reach to her.Last night, I was writing all the same and when I was going to sleep, I checked if its ok or not. Every single day for the last week, whenever I was awake, I keep checking every hour that it was alive or not. That baby bird was alive at 4 am in the morning.When I woke up, I realize that something was wrong. Usually, I woke up with the chirping sound of that baby bird and I feed it first before I wash my face. Today, there was no sound, when I open the box, I found it, DEAD.Baby birds need constant care and attention. They need to be feed continually and they need to be fed what her mother feed her. That bird was maybe abandoned or thrown out, I don’t know. What type of bird it was, I don’t know. Maybe myna or bulbul who knows? But it was my responsibility and I failed it. I failed that baby bird just a day after I named it.I was going to call it Indy, it would work even if it was he or she. Now, I have to use it for the last time. baby birds cannot survive without its mother or constant care of someone.RIP Indy
Why would a mother bird abandon her hatched babies?
Sometimes a mother will abandon her young if she is a new mother(first time having babies) and its simply because they don’t know what to doOn another note, if a bird feels a constant threat by other birds or too much interaction with humans, she will abondon her babies to “save herself”.
How should I remove my love birds eggs that have not hatched?
It normally takes 21-23 days for Lovebirds eggs to hatch and that is from the day that the last egg was laid. If it is their first time of laying then there is a possibly of the eggs not being fertile. The only way you are going to find out if there is anything in them is to "candle "them .you will have to take them from the nest to do this ,take a strong torch ,hold it behind the egg, and if fertile then you will not see any other light just a shape or blood vessels,they will also be grey in color. If clear then they are not fertile so take them out and dispose of them,they will not abandon their nest ,when you do this.it only takes a few minutes.your birds may get a bit noisy while you are doing it , but take no notice it is all natural.
Why would a mother love bird intend to kill its own chick (which is beginning to grow independent) while not the other younger two?
It is a common practice for animals to kill off some of their offspring when food is scarce, with the obvious objective of feeding the rest of them. In some animals, this happens even before the offspring exist, as some embryos tend to nurture from other embryos before being born.If you want to get real specific, some even have specialized egg cells for this called trophic ovums. When fecundated ovums run out of resources, they start feeding off of these unfecundated triphic ovums.Can you blame them? From an evolutionary point of view, it makes sense -for females- to have fewer well nurtured offspring than a bunch of good for nothing ones that won’t get past their infancy.And if you think that's evil, you should see animals aborting their own children.And some just outright eat them alive when a predator is around to increase their chance of survival and have enough nutrients to reproduce again a few months later. Isn't nature beautiful?What struck me as weird though is that you indicate that the bird killed its more doveloped kid to feed the younger two, when usually the weakest one is the one that gets killed. Because why would you kill an offspring that can already reproduce and spread your genes?I guess it would make sense if the bird is big enough to nurture them both, but it still seems like a bit of a hassle. Maybe you got them mixed.Anyhow, point is this isn't anything new in the animal kingdom.
How long can a little bird stay without food?
Depends. If you mean a immature little bird, one that has just hatched, they can rarely go more than 24 hours without dying. And, I would not want one to go more than a couple of hours without food or water. If you mean a small adult bird, it depends on the same species. Almost all birds need access to water everyday for optimum health, food they can go without for a few days, but not very long.
How long can a bird's egg survive without being kept warm by sitting?
It depends on the eggs and the time of development when the egg is not kept warm.(This answer is specialized for songbirds as they are the group of birds I have researched)As egg-laying is difficult for birds, and as there is only so much space in a bird for eggs, generally songbirds lay one egg a day. The other eggs develop inside at the same time but the shell doesn't form until less than 24 hours before that egg will be laid.As the birds want their young to have the best shots at survival, they want to ensure that the eggs hatch at around the same time (There's no way mom can be sitting on some and feeding others, after all). Therefore, the eggs are not incubated until all eggs are laid, and there's a period where the egg’s development is stagnant. Although it varies bird-to-bird, some songbirds (such as Carolina Wrens) can lay 5–7 eggs, which means the eggs can sit about a week before needing to be incubated.However, on the other hand, if an egg with a baby bird already developing inside was not kept warm for a long period of time, I expect the baby would die. I don't, however, know exactly how long the egg would have to be left alone for that to happen.
Should i clean my lovebirds nesting box?
so i have 2 lovebirds that aren't hand tamed and the mother is really aggressive, they have 3 chicks that are about 20 days old and their nesting box is full of poop. should i clean out the nesting box or leave it until they are older? how should i change it if i do? and also how do i hand tame them? i was told to start hand taming them around 14 days but will the parents abandon the chicks if i start touching them?